This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ...who might enter before the 15th of June, a bounty of 102.; to all ordinary seamen, 52.; while serves have been called out; 2nd. And, in case the Queen should find it necessary to proclaim at any time such compulsory service, a relief should be provided for each pressed man, at the expiration of three years from his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ...who might enter before the 15th of June, a bounty of 102.; to all ordinary seamen, 52.; while serves have been called out; 2nd. And, in case the Queen should find it necessary to proclaim at any time such compulsory service, a relief should be provided for each pressed man, at the expiration of three years from his impressment; and further, that he should not be liable to be again called upon until after the expiration of a definite time, to be specified by Act of Parliament. They conclude with the observation that "Tour Majesty possesses in the merchant service elements of naval power such as no other government in the world enjoys. It is true that hitherto no sufficient organization has existed for securing to your Majesty the immediate command of these resources. During a long peace, reliance has been placed, either on the improbability that danger would arise, or on the efficacy of impressment to furnish the means by which danger could be confronted and overcome. Changes in public sentiment, and in the circumstances of the case, have shaken that reliance. We rejoice to believe that, by improvements in the administration of your Majesty's Navy, and in the regulation of the merchant service, other resources have in the meantime been placed within the reach of your Majesty's Government, and that it is now in their power to substitute for untrained compulsory service a system of defence, voluntary, effective, and calculated to draw closer to your Majesty at the moment of danger, the loyal enthusiasm of those on whom your Majesty will rely. We therefore humbly and confidently submit to your Majesty the adoption of measures, which, while their primary object is the protection of this country from to able-bodied landsmen, between twenty and twenty-five, t...
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